Hollander hoping for a rose on 'Bachelorette'

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May 18, 2014 at 12:30 PM

Bradley Wisk has performed at the Detroit Opera House, Carnegie Hall and The Park Theatre. Now the internationally known opera singer is appearing on ABC’s The Bachelorette.The reality show premieres at 9:30 p.m. Monday on ABC.The Bachelorette website lists Wisk as being from Holland. His parents live here, but he grew up in Grosse Pointe and friends said he now travels extensively for performances.According to multiple reports, he performed for the “America’s Got Talent” judges. However, he did not appear in the 2013 broadcast season of the reality show.The 32-year-old tenor opened the 2012 Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade/Turkey Trot with the National Anthem. Some of his performances can be viewed at youtube.com/user/BradleyWiskTenor/videos.At 5 or 6 years old, Wisk began golfing, according to his website. Before a fateful high school course, he had plans to become a professional golfer.With one more credit needed for Wisk to graduate high school, his counselor suggested joining chorus. It clicked.“There’s something special about singing for me,” he says on a video posted to BradleyWisk.com. “It’s a way for me to communicate from my soul, really.”Wisk is prohibited from giving any media interviews until he is eliminated from the show. However, according to a biography on the "Bachelorette" website, when asked what his ideal mate looks like, Wisk said, “She looks like the one that is right for me!”There, he lists his three best attributes as “Authenticity, Empathy, Passion for the things I love,” and — perhaps unsurprisingly — says if he could have lunch with one person it would be famed fellow-tenor Pavarotti. Wisk would ask him what he had to do to fulfill his dreams, the site says.Among his goals is to get his pilot’s license (“something I wanted to pursue since I was little”), use his voice to make a difference in the lives of others and to build a church — “A place so anyone (of all religious views) can be themselves and have no fear. Be encouraged to follow their dreams and let go.”— Staff report